Recode Decode: Uber's Tony West and Eric Holder on exposing wrongdoing (Live)

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2017

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Recode's Kara Swisher talks with former attorney general Eric Holder, who led an investigation into Uber's management earlier this year, and the company's new Chief Legal Officer, Tony West. They discuss how Uber is evolving in the wake of the Holder Report and what it can do to empower lawyers, as well as employees and riders. Holder explains why non-disclosure agreements are common, arguing that there are broader cultural problems limiting women's ability to share stories of sexual assault. West also talks what happened when the company disclosed a major data breach on his first day on the job. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Recode Radio presents Recode Decode coming to you from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:06.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Executive Editor of Recode.
0:09.0	You may know me as an undercover Uber driver. My alias is Sarah Kavisher.
0:14.0	But in my spare time, I talk tech and you're listening to Recode Decode,
0:17.0	a podcast about tech and media's key players, big ideas
0:20.0	and how they're changing the world we live in.
0:22.0	You can find more episodes of Recode Decode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play Music,
0:26.0	or wherever you listen to podcasts, or just visit recode.net slash podcasts for more.
0:32.0	Today, we're going to play an interview I conducted at an event hosted by the
0:35.0	phenomenal Woman Action campaign in San Francisco.
0:38.0	I talk to former Obama administration attorney general Eric Holder
0:42.0	and Uber General Counsel Tony West about everything that has happened
0:46.0	at Uber in 2017. Let's take a listen.
0:50.0	Thank you so much. I like your whole thing about allies and power,
0:52.0	but I got to say you really just should be in power.
0:55.0	I agree with that. I'm the CEO of my company.
1:00.0	I boss around men all day long and it's totally enjoyable.
1:11.0	Including my two poor sons, I have to put up with it.
1:17.0	Anyway, I do I am well known as a grumpy old lady who makes life hard for mostly white young men of Till Tom Dallard.
1:26.0	All right, that's good.
1:28.0	But now I'm moving on here.
1:30.0	So I'm moving on.
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